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We examined if germination and seedling emergence of species from the soil seed bank of mesic grassland in South Africa differed in their response to smoke or heat treatments alone or combined. Soil seed bank samples taken from 0 to 5 cm depth of the topsoil were treated with…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: heat effects, smoke effects, biomass, forbs, grasses, mesic soils, plant growth, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, Asteraceae, Centella asiatica, Poaceae, Themeda triandra, South Africa, Africa, fire management, range management, soil management, smoke management, grasslands, biomass, fire-associated cues, growth indicators, seedling growth, Themeda triandra Forssk
From the text ... 'In the summer of 1994, Colorado suffered its worst drought in decades. Severe fire weather was certain to come. On July 2, a major storm hit the State with dry lightning strikes, igniting thousands of wildland fires. Suddenly, the fire blew up. Witnesses at…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: blowups, catastrophic fires, Colorado, crown fires, droughts, fire case histories, fire control, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, hardwood forests, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, lightning, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus edulis, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus gambelii, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke management, spot fires, topography, vegetation surveys, Washington, wildfires
Soil seed banks are an important source of new individuals for many plant populations and contribute to future genetic variability. In general, the size and persistence of soil seed banks is predicted to be greater where growth occurs in unpredictable pulses, where opportunities…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire frequency, heat effects, smoke effects, wildfires, disturbance, grasses, national parks, precipitation, seed dormancy, seed germination, statistical analysis, Tanzania, Africa, fire management, forest management, savannas
At the end of August 2009, wild fires ravaged the north-eastern fringes of Athens destroying invaluable forest wealth of the Greek capital. In this work, the impact of these fires on the air quality of Athens and surface radiation levels is examined. Satellite imagery, smoke…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, fire case histories, fire frequency, wildfires, aerosols, air quality, particulates, pollution, radiation, remote sensing, Greece, Europe, fire management, smoke management, pollution, biomass burning, aerosol, photochemistry, radiation
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants includes in its aims the minimisation of unintentional releases of polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) and dioxin like PCB (dl-PCB) to the environment. Development and implementation of policies…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, cropland fires, wildfires, air quality, ash, pollution, toxicity, fire management, forest management, smoke management, croplands, PCDD - polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, PCDF - polychlorinated dibenzofurans, persistent organic pollutants, sugarcane burning, forest fires, biomass burning
Smoke particulate matter from deciduous trees (angiosperms) subjected to controlled burning, both under smoldering and flaming conditions, was sampled by high volume air filtration on precleaned quartz fiber liters. The filtered particles were extracted with dichloromethane and…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Acer macrophyllum, aerosols, air quality, Alnus rubra, Betula glandulosa, Betula pendula, biomass, cellulose, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, deciduous forests, Eucalyptus dalrympleana, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, lignin, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, trees, vegetation surveys
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Abies amabilis, Abies procera, aerosols, air quality, biomass, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, chemical compounds, chemistry, coniferous forests, conifers, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, Picea sitchensis, Pinus contorta, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus strobus, Pseudotsuga menziesii, sampling, Sequoia sempervirens, smoke effects, smoke management, temperate forests, Tsuga mertensiana, vegetation surveys
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, Avena, Avena fatua, char, combustion, disturbance, germination, organic soils, Queensland, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, water, weeds, Avena fatua, germination, seed dormancy, smoke water, weeds
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, heat, heat effects, legumes, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, western Australia, heat, seedbank, seed dormancy, seed germination, western Australia
The exotic longhorn beetle Arhopalus tristisis a pest of pines, particularly those damaged by fire, and a major export quarantine issue in New Zealand. Actinograph recordings of caged individuals showed that males and females were most active from dusk to midnight. Olfactometer…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: bark, experimental fires, fire injuries (plants), forest management, habits and behavior, insects, New Zealand, pine forests, Pinus radiata, plant diseases, population density, reproduction, trapping, attractant, Pinus radiata, Arhopalus tristis, trap, Cerambycidae, oviposition, bark, repellent
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Anigozanthos, Australia, fire dependent species, flowering, heat effects, jarrah, post fire recovery, seed dormancy, seed germination, seed production, smoke effects, smoke management, western Australia, Anigozanthos manglesii, populations, geographical cline, inflorescence level, germination, heat, seed development
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Anigozanthos, Australia, germination, Hibbertia, Leucopogon, Leucopogon conostephioides, Mediterranean habitats, native species (plants), seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, soil moisture, soil temperature, soils, Stirlingia, Stylidium, western Australia, burial, germination, Anigozanthos manglesii, Conastylis neocymosa, Stylidium affine, Stylidium crossocephalum, Hibbertia commutata, Leucopogon conostephioides, Conospermum triplinervium, Stirlingia latifolia
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Asia, mountainous terrain, particulates, K - potassium, smoke management, soot, S - sulfur, Tibet, urban habitats, Tibet, vegetation burning, soot, transport
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, char, eucalyptus, Eucalyptus baxteri, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, germination, heat, heat effects, heathlands, Mediterranean habitats, national parks, native species (plants), plant communities, population density, sampling, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, Victoria, Wahlenbergia, wood
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asperula, Australia, Centaurium, Crassula, Desmodium, Elymus, Eragrostis, Eucalyptus obliqua , fire management, Geranium, Gnaphalium, grasses, grazing, heat, heat effects, herbaceous vegetation, Hypericum, Juncus, native species (plants), New South Wales, perennial plants, Plantago, Poa, population density, sampling, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, Sporobolus, statistical analysis, Trifolium, Trifolium repens, vegetation surveys, Wales
The results of chemical analyses of precipitation samples collected in Singapore between August 1997 and July 1998 are presented. Major inorganic and organic ions were determined in 169 rain samples collected using an automated wet-only sampler. The daily sample pH values ranged…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, biomass, chemical compounds, chemistry, gases, particulates, pH, precipitation, sampling, season of fire, Singapore, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires
Problem statement: Forest fires are especially frequent around the Mediterranean Sea basin in the summer period and might be able to release naturally-occurring and man-made radionuclides from plant biomass and inject them into the atmosphere. The impact of this radioactivity on…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: radionuclides, polonium, Mediterranean, radioactivity, forest fires, atmospheric deposition, PM - particulate matter, cigarettes
Fire is a frequent and severe disturbance that affects plants on large scales, especially in Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTE). Plants have evolved traits that confer resilience to fire and other disturbances, ensuring their persistence in fire-prone systems, but MTE floras…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire adaptations (plants), fire regimes, fire resistant plants, flammability, wildfires, disturbance, resprouting, serotiny, seed dormancy, seed germination, Middle East, fire management, forest management, Mediterranean habitats, plant adaptive traits, flammability, germination, lignotuber, resprouting, serotiny
The risk of hospitalisation from bushfire exposure events in Darwin, Australia, is examined. Several local studies have found evidence for the effects of exposure to bushfire particulates on respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions. They have characterised the risk of…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Safety, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, air quality, health factors, particulates, pollution, Northern Territory of Australia, Australia, fire management, forest management, particulates, bush fires, cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions, health risk
The aim of this study was the detailed organic speciation of fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM2.5-10) particles and gaseous carbonyl compounds from plumes emitted by wildfires during the summer of 2009 in Portugal. Complementary characterisation of the smoke particulate inorganic…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire case histories, fire frequency, smoke effects, wildfires, aerosols, air quality, gases, particulates, Portugal, Europe, fire management, forest management, smoke management, wildfires, trace gases, particulate matter, emission factors, organic speciation
The urban air quality in Barcelona in the Western Mediterranean Basin is characterized by overall high particulate matter (PM) concentrations, due to intensive local anthropogenic emissions and specific meteorological conditions. Moreover, on several days, especially in summer,…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, combustion, smoke effects, wildfires, air quality, aerosols, dust, hydrocarbons, Spain, Europe, fire management, smoke management, deserts, Barcelona, hydrocarbons, PM10, biomass combustion, Saharan dust
Prescribed burning in forestry is a valuable land management tool that has been extensively used in Australia, Eurasia, and North America. Nevertheless, fire is inherently dangerous and may impose risk upon humans, properties, and other natural resources. With the case of…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, liability, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, fire management, forest management, burn permits, liability, statutes, written prescriptions
• Smoke-derived compounds provide a strong chemical signal to seeds in the soil seed bank, allowing them to take advantage of the germination niche created by the occurrence of fire. The germination stimulatory activity of smoke can largely be attributed to karrikinolide (KAR1…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: smoke effects, wildfires, agriculture, seed germination, seeds, Europe, fire management, smoke management, abscisic acid, germination, karrikinolide, Lactuca sativa
An extremely fresh smoke plume (<5 h) was transported over Barcelona on 23 July 2009, just 5 h after an intense Saharan dust event finalized. Both events were observed by sun-photometer, lidar and satellite systems. Results indicate surprisingly large absorption of mixed dust…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, aerosols, dust, radiation, remote sensing, Spain, Europe, fire management, smoke management, fresh biomass burning, dust, LiDAR, direct radiative forcing
The ability to predict fuel consumption during fires is essential for a wide range of applications, including estimation of fire effects and fire emissions. This project identified predictors of fuel consumption for the dominant fuel bed components (litter (<0.6-cm diameter…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire hazard reduction, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel models, season of fire, air quality, duff, herbaceous vegetation, lichens, litter, mosses, statistical analysis, Pinus echinata, shortleaf pine, Pinus palustris, longleaf pine, Pinus taeda, loblolly pine, Pebble Hill, Tall Timbers Research Station, Wade Tract, north Florida, Georgia, fire management, forest management, fuel management, old growth forests, pine forests, pine hardwood forests